Pick an item of clothing you have. It has to be made of natural fabric (cotton, silk etc). Other possible items include a lamp shade, pencil case, back pack, purse ...anything made of natural fabrics.

Search famous photographers on google and spend 10min looking at how they compose their photos. Think about what makes them great photos. You will be asked to show us one photo and talk about it.

Remember what you learned from the famous photographers. Carefully with much thought, compose a photograph that you want to print onto your fabric item. It must use one or more of the following that we practiced in class: perspective photography, form photography, texture photography. It must be a high contrast image. It helps if you take the photo in black and white.

Ask yourself: Will this image fit on the item? Will it rap around the item? You must take this photo yourself. Make sure its an image you would want to wear.

Save it on a usb stick and bring it to class with your fabric item, or save it on your email / facebook ...somewhere you can access it from a school computer.

To see examples of this project go to the link on this website: Art How To's - Print Making Resources - Lumi

Every year it is a tradition at Burnsview for one of the grade 8 art classes to design and showcase wood and paper lamps that they build from scratch. Students always create very unique designs inspired by objects around them.Here are the criteria for the assignment:From samples shown in class … design, draw a modal, and build a functional lamp. It must be safe to use, have a unique design, and be interesting to look at. You must write a statement describing your lamp, how you built it, and what its use is. /5 functions as a lamp, safely stands on its own or hangs from a ceiling /5 attention to detail / quality of your work /5 creative use of shape, form, pattern and materials /5 interesting to look at from all sides /20

Artist's Statement describing your work:Title by Gr.8 What inspired your lamp idea? Or what is your lamp about? Why did you choose this design, those shapes, pattern? What challenges did you have building it? How will you use your lamp?

Here is a great example of what you will be doing for this painting project. Below there is a sheet telling you what you will be marked on for this painting. Print it off, ask your parents to read and sign it. Bring this sheet to your next art class and earn 5% towards your mark. Also look at more painting examples below from Gr.7 students.

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Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.